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Capital adds 1,050 cases to tally
The Hindu
With 1,044 recovering from viral infection, active cases stand at 10,646
The district’s COVID-19 caseload went up by 1,050 on Sunday. The active cases rose marginally to 10,646 with 1,044 people recovering from the infection. When 14,131 people were tested, the test positivity rate stood at 7.43%. Among the fresh cases, 973 have been attributed to local transmission, while the source of infection was unknown in 77 cases.![](/newspic/picid-1269750-20240611003910.jpg)
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
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Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.